All Oncology News

Sukhmani Padda, MD, discusses the practice-changing impact of osimertinib and addresses the challenges that still remain in EGFR-positive NSCLC.

Isatuximab in combination with pomalidomide (Pomalyst) and low-dose dexamethasone was shown to prolong progression-free survival compared with pomalidomide and dexamethasone alone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Genentech has completed its FDA submission of a supplemental Biologics License Application for ado-trastuzumab emtansine as an adjuvant treatment for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who had residual disease following neoadjuvant therapy.

Rachna T. Shroff, MD, MS, highlighted the ongoing research efforts in biliary tract cancers, specifically with cholangiocarcinoma treatment.

John Strickler, MD, discusses how liquid biopsies are being used to help guide treatment decisions for patients with GI cancers and shed light on other research efforts that are being made to improve outcomes.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion for first-line treatment with pembrolizumab in combination with carboplatin and either paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel in patients with metastatic squamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Vincent Chung, MD, discusses the therapeutic landscape of early-stage and advanced pancreatic cancer.

Pashtoon M. Kasi, MD, MBBS, MS, provides an overview of the potential for liquid biopsies in CRC and advances being made in the treatment landscape.

Denise A. Yardley, MD, discusses key data presented at the 2018 SABCS and the impact of the SOLAR-1 findings.

The European Medicine’s Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval for the frontline combination of atezolizumab, bevacizumab, paclitaxel, and carboplatin for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic, nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of dacomitinib for the frontline treatment of adult patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with EGFR-activating mutations.

Howard A. “Skip” Burris, MD, highlights some of the exciting updates from the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and what can be expected in the breast cancer field in the year ahead.

In a pair of new studies, researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center outline strategies for overcoming pancreatic cancer’s resistance to treatment through approaches that exploit this cancer’s reliance on uncontrolled, or deregulated, cell proliferation.

John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center announced that it is leading enrollment worldwide for WIZARD 201G, a global Phase 2 study in glioblastoma.

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has authorized the use of the CAR T-cell therapy tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) for the treatment of adults with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who have received ≥2 lines of chemotherapy.

Daneng Li, MD, shed light on some of the currently available regimens and ongoing research efforts being conducted in hepatocellular carcinoma and neuroendocrine tumors.

Due to major advancements made within the past year in the development of new therapies for patients with difficult-to-treat, rare cancers, ASCO has selected progress in treating rare cancers as its Advance of the Year.

The FDA has recommended that Aveo Oncology should not submit a new drug application for tivozanib with the preliminary overall survival data from the phase III TIVO-3 trial of patients with highly refractory, advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Timothy Saettele, MD, explains the critical role of the pulmonologist in the management of patients with lung cancer and highlights novel and available methods to improve diagnosis and staging of nodules or masses.

Huma Q. Rana, MD, discusses the evolution of genetic testing in ovarian cancer and the genes that are associated with an increased risk of subsequent cancer development.

The FDA has expanded the indication for pemetrexed in combination with pembrolizumab and platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer without EGFR or ALK alterations.

Stephanie L. Graff, MD, discusses the latest updates on escalation and de-escalation of therapy in patients with HR-positive breast cancer.

Apalutamide (Erleada) in combination with androgen deprivation therapy was found to significantly improve radiographic progression-free survival and overall survival versus placebo in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, discusses his preferred sequencing strategies in the treatment of patients with mRCC.

Allyson J. Ocean, MD, discusses the potential impact of SM-88 in the treatment of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and highlights a platform that patients can use to stay updated on the latest research in the field.

Susan Domcheck, MD, discusses the updated results of the MEDIOLA trial in patients with germline BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer and speaks to the next phase of development with the combination.

The Lung Cancer Master Protocol, known as the first precision medicine trial in lung cancer supported by the National Cancer Institute, has expanded to include patients with all types of non–small cell lung cancers.

The National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) has designated Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as an NPF Center for pancreatic cancer.

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, highlights the recent data with alpelisib and CDK4/6 inhibitors, the toxicity differences between the 3 available CDK4/6 agents, and the next steps for both classes of agents.

Susana Campos, MD, MPH, highlights the success with PARP inhibitors in the relapsed and maintenance ovarian cancer settings.